Receptacle corner-hinge.



L. MOLLART.

RBGBPTAGLE CORNER HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 1911.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

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STATES PATENT oEEroE.

LOBEGOTT MOLLART, OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO G. B. LEWIS-COMPANY, OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN.

BECEPTACLE CORNER-HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1911.

Application filed February 25, 1911. Serial No. 610,851.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOBEGOTT MOLLART, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of-Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReceptacle Corner-Hinges; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and economical cornerhinge for portable receptacles, the same being particularly designed tobe used in connection with hinged lid shipping boxes, cases or the like.

The construction of my improved corner hinge is such that the pintle isdispensed with, the two interlocked or hinged members, when assembledand fittedtoa box or case being permanently held intact by the fasteningmeans of the hinge member which is carried by the lid, while the hingemember of the box constitutes also a corner iron that serves tostrengthen and protect the corners of the box and lid from breakage dueto severe shock incidental to careless handling in shipping.

With the above objects in view, my invention consists in what is hereinshown, described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents a plan view of a corner of ashipping case or box provided with a hinge embodying the features of myinvention; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the same, the section beingin dicated by line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a detached perspective view ofthe box member of the hinge illustrating the corner iron combinationfeature, and Fig; 4, a similar view of the lid member of said hinge.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a box the walls ofwhich are constructed from a fabric comprising vertically disposed woodslats 2 that are interlaced with transverse wire threads 3, the mouth ofthe box being reinforced by wood binder strips 4 that are intongue-and-groove union at the box corners and are suitably secured tothe fabric slats. The lid is con structed from a wood panel 5 reinforcedat its edges by binder strips 6 that are secured thereto and intongue-and-groove union at the corners similar to the box binder strips.

All of the above described box construction forms no part of my presentinvention but illustrates a particular type of packing box now ingeneral use, to which the hinges are applied in the manufacture of saidboxes.

. 7 and 8 indicate the leaves of a rectangular corner iron thatconstitutes the boxmember of the hinge, which member is adapted to befitted to the ends of the box binder strips 4 about the corners of saidbox, the tongue-and-groove union of the strips being thus concealed andprotected thereby. The corner iron leaves extend above the plane of thebox mouth to form a valance or seat that is designed to protect thebox-lid when the same is nested therein, the box lid being soproportioned as to have its binder-strip 6 flush with the box binderstrip 4, upon which binders said lid binder strips rest.

Each leaf of the box-member of the hinge is provided with apertures forthe reception of nails 9 that pass through the box binder stripstogether with the wall fabric whereby said leaves, box binder and fabricare secured together, the nails being clenched upon the inner face ofthe fabric. The upper edge of leaf 7 of this hinge-member is providedwith an outwardly flared lip 10 having a pair of longitudinally disposedslots 11 therein. The lip is described upon a curve that is tangentiallydisposed with relation to the flat body portion of the leaf aforesaidand terminates at an approximate right angle to said body portion beingthus offset to permit clearance from the walls of the box whereby unionbetween the aforesaid hinge member and the lid hinge member isfacilitated. Thus the lid when united by the hinge members to the box iscapable of describing an arc movement of approximately 270 about itspintle and can thus be folded back parallel with the rear box wall.

The lid member of the hinge comprises a fiat plate 12 that is formedfrom a blank preferably semi-circular in shape, having a pair of fingersextending therefrom that are folded upon themselves to form U-shapedopen end loops 13. The base and outer end of each loop is provided withregistered apertures while the plate portion is provided with a singleaperture so disposed relative to the loop apertures that they arelocated upon the intersecting points of a triangle.

In attaching each lid member of the hinge to the lid the open ends ofthe loops 13 are inserted through the slots 11 of the flared tongue 10of the hinge member of' the box and thereafter the ends of the loop areembedded between the panel 5 of the lid and its rear binder-strip 6, theplate-port1on: lQ-be ing lapped over the upper face of the lid panel.The lid member of the hinge is then secured by nails 14 that passthrough the apertures formed in this lid member andalso through thepanel and lid strips, the nails being clenched upon the lower side ofthe strip; The position of the nail apertures in the hinge as previouslystated thus constitutes a three point tie whereby the hinge member isheld rigid, the nails. at the same time serving to assist in securingthe lid parts together.-

From the forego ng description it will be seen that a very inexpensive,simple and durable combined corner iron and hinge is the result, whichhinge can be quickly and- A corner hinge comprising aone-piece out-Gopiesof this patent'may'be Qhtainedfor'five cents each, byaddressingthmCommissioner of Patents the upper edge of the leaf portion from Y whichitsprings, and a second hinge member comprising a fiat plate having alooped finger projecting therefrom for engagement with the circulartongue slot of the first named hinge member, the loop being ofsuflicient width relative to the tongue slot to permitstraddle of saidtongue and free play of both of the finger legs within the aforesaidslot whereby swing of the looped finger hinge member about the tonguethrough an arc of'a circle approximating is had.

In testimony that I- claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my. hand atWVatertown in the county of J effersonand State of Wisconsin in thepresence of two witnesses.

LOBEGOTT MOLLART.

Witnesses 2' LAURA M. KABoT, STELLA M, MURPHY.

Washington, D. 03."

